Top Rated Alternative Dispute Resolution Attorney in Beverly Hills, CA

Honors and Awards:

• Regional Representation in Mediation Competition – Mediator and Judge, 2005

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Nevada, 1996
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1996
• United States District Court, Northern District of California, 1975
• United States District Court, Central District of California, 1974
• California, 1974
• Los Angeles Superior Court (Pro bono and party pay mediation panels)
• Los Angeles Mediators
• Founding Member, Mediators Beyond Borders (MBB)
• California Dispute Resolution Council
• San Fernando Valley Bar Association
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
• Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA)

Pro bono/Community Service:

• I mediate a substantial number of matters, pro bono, for low income parties.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Lecturer, Mediation, LawTalk, MCLE, La Quinta, California - 2009
• Lecturer, Legal Ethics, LawTalk, MCLE, Brea, California, 1996-1999

Newsletters:

• This is an archive of all of my previous newsletters., From Conflict To Closure
• This quarterly e-mail newsletter is sent to all clients, past and present, of Wisner Dispute Resolution Services, as well as other interested parties.  Anyone interested in receiving this newsletter can be added to the e-mail list by request., Mediation News brought to you by Wisner Dispute Resolution Services, All Areas In Which Mediation Is Used.

Educational Background:

• EDUCATION AND TRAINING - - 2006 - Looking Beneath the Surface - An Exploration of the Hidden Interests and Fears Which Impact the Mediation Process - Pepperdine University, Culver City, CA - - 2006 - "Meet the Mediators" -Navigating the Insurance Litigation Dispute Through Stormy Seas - ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section - Los Angeles, CA - - 2005 - ACR National Conference, Minneapolis, MN: "Stalinist Facilitation: The Uses, Abuses, Illusions, and Self-Delusions of Mediator Power;" "Effective Strategies for Resolving Property and Spousal Support Issues in Divorce;" "Transformative Divorce Mediation: An Introduction to the Unique Challenges of Applying this Model to Divorce;""Innovative Caucus Strategies;" and "What's Going On Here? John Haynes Revisited."- - 2004 - Advanced Mediation Skills Forum - Dispute Resolution Services/Pepperdine University - Los Angeles, CA2004 - ACR National Conference, Sacramento, CA: "When ‘Sit Down, Shut Up and Behave' Doesn't Work: Successful Mediation Strategies for Working with Enmeshed, Resistant and Angry Couples in Divorce Mediation;" "Working with Borderlines and Narcissists: Seven Skills for Dispute Resolution Professionals;" "Bringing Grief Out of the Closet in Divorce Mediation: The Art and Practice of Situational Mediation" "Power Imbalances in Mediation: Ten Stages of Assessment and Twenty Specific Interventions;" and "Mediating Imbalances in Financial Issues: Structuring the Process for the Clueless and the Controller." - - 2004 - Family Mediation Training - 40 hrs. - Oregon Mediation Center - Eugene, Oregon - - 2003 - Mediating the Litigated Case - 42. hrs. - Straus Institute/Pepperdine University - Encino, CA - - 2002 - Basic Mediation Training 30 hrs. - Los Angeles County Bar Association/Dispute Resolution Services - Los Angeles - - 1974 - J.D. - University of Southern California Gould Law Center - - 1971 - A.B. - U.C.L.A.